AI system
- System
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AI sound camera equipment (AI聲音照相) of the Quiet Taoyuan (靜桃) project, part of the bureau's network of 'improved mobile sound cameras' (改良式移動聲音照相)
- Model
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Not assessed
- Release
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Not assessed
- Provider
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Not assessed
- Role
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Not assessed
- Configuration
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Not assessed
- Inputs and outputs
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Not assessed
- Autonomy
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Not assessed
- Workflow
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A complaint that named the road and the time window (late night on Jieshou Road). This told the task force where to place the cameras the same night. Mobile AI sound cameras already in the bureau's inventory under the Quiet Taoyuan project. Deployment did not wait on procurement. A standing environmental-police joint enforcement arrangement that could put officers at the predicted place and time on 23 April.
- Human oversight
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Not assessed
- Relation to AI
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The bureau's own description is the only account of the system's contribution. The task force placed AI sound camera equipment at the relevant locations on the night of the complaint. Analysis of the noise data with the complaint reports gave the car's haunts and times. Environmental and police officers then found it near Daxing Road on 23 April. The sources do not say how the cameras tie noise to a vehicle. They report no decibel reading. They give no counterfactual for how long a conventional patrol would have taken. The stop, the referral and the pending penalty were the officers' work.
- AI contribution
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The bureau's own description is the only account of the system's contribution. The task force placed AI sound camera equipment at the relevant locations on the night of the complaint. Analysis of the noise data with the complaint reports gave the car's haunts and times. Environmental and police officers then found it near Daxing Road on 23 April. The sources do not say how the cameras tie noise to a vehicle. They report no decibel reading. They give no counterfactual for how long a conventional patrol would have taken. The stop, the referral and the pending penalty were the officers' work.
Benefits
- Outcome identifiers
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Not assessed
- Benefit
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Taoyuan's AI sound cameras pinpointed a white BMW noise car the day after residents complained; officers caught it on 23 April 2025.
- Category
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Improved Organizational Efficiency
- Status
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Not assessed
- Beneficiary groups
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People. Organizations.
- Beneficiaries
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Not assessed
- Reach
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Not assessed
- Distribution and access
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Not assessed
- Duration
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Not assessed
- Expected?
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Yes
- Costs and harms
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Not assessed
Measurement
- Studies
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Not assessed
- Study design
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Not assessed
- Measurement
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Not assessed
- Setting and sample
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Not assessed
- Measures
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Assumed alternative: tracking noise vehicles without the mobile sound cameras (the bureau's own assertion; no baseline figure given)
- Results
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Assumed comparison. Result: 該案在接獲陳情後24小時內即查到違規的民眾.
- Additional value from AI
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Not assessed
- Limitations
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Not assessed
- Denominators
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Not assessed
- Materials for replication
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Not assessed
Money
- Kind of value
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maximum fine under the Noise Control Act to be imposed for the noise violation
- Amount
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Estimate: 3,600元 (New Taiwan dollars)
- Currency and prices
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Not assessed
- Period and unit
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Not assessed
- Realization
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Not assessed
- Recipients and payers
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the BMW's owner pays
- Gross or net
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Not assessed
- Included costs
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Not assessed
- Comparison
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Not assessed
- Method
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Not assessed
- Return and payback
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Not assessed
People and places
- Participants
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Operator: Taoyuan City Department of Environmental Protection (桃園市政府環境保護局), with the Taoyuan City Police Department for the stop.
- Jurisdictions
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Benefit: Taoyuan,
Taiwan. Operator: Taiwan. - Ownership and control
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Not assessed
- Dependencies
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Not assessed
- Cross-border connections
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Not assessed
- Geopolitical implications
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Not assessed
Follow-up
- Conditions for replication
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The target must be a repeat offender with a pattern. The method matches noise data against complaint times and places, and cannot catch a one-off pass. Officers must be free to intercept on the night the analysis points to. The cameras locate; they do not stop. A legal basis for the follow-up: here the Noise Control Act (fine up to NT$3,600 and an improvement order). Also the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (up to NT$24,000 for a removed muffler).
- Replication attempts
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Not assessed
- Later findings
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8 January 2026. By January 2026 Taoyuan reported 50 sound-camera sets installed citywide, noise complaints down 38% since the Quiet Taoyuan project began, and an AI voiceprint system being integrated into the sound cameras.
- Availability
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Not assessed
- Institutional decision
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Not assessed
- Grounds
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Not assessed
- Action and result
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Not assessed
- Success criterion
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Not assessed
Evidence
- Source numbers
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AIBD-0129-source-0001–0005
- Citations
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Numbered references below.
- Language
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Not assessed
- Source relationships
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Independent
- Original evidence
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Not assessed
- Access and versions
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Not assessed
- Supported findings
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Not assessed
- Evidence links
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Not assessed
- Evidence strength
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Not assessed
- Missing evidence
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Not assessed
Grades
- Assessed benefits
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People. Organizations.
- Depth
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People: 2. Organizations: 1.
- Reasons
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People: Residents on Jieshou Road had written that the car's late-night passes seriously affected their quality of life and sleep. They saw it identified and referred for a modification review and fine within a day. The reports do not document whether the noise ceased afterwards. Organizations: The bureau closed one complaint in 24 hours and used the case to publicize its sound-camera enforcement. Its claim that the cameras “greatly raise the success rate” of tracking noise vehicles comes without figures.
- Observed or intended
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Not assessed
- Rubric
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Not assessed
- Assessor and date
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Not assessed
- Alternative assessments
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Not assessed
- Fill
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Independently reported
Entry details
- Kind
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Not assessed
- Related entries
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Not assessed
- Field
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Environmental enforcement (vehicle noise control). Local government.
- Purpose
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The bureau places mobile AI sound cameras on main roads and residential streets to collect noise data. Combined with complaint data, this gives the time and place of illegally modified noisy vehicles. Locating this car was that purpose.
- Dates
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Date basis unassessed: 2025 (precision unassessed). Updated: 21 October 2026.
- Stage
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Not assessed
- Version
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SHA-256: 106c762dbbd4…
References
- Other identifiers
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oecd_aim: 2025-04-29-1f62.
- Category mappings
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Not assessed
- Brief
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Not assessed
- Revisions
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4 revisions. Latest: 21 October 2026.
Sources
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News report Independent author
Cheng Shu-ting (鄭淑婷) / Liberty Times 自由時報 (2025). 桃園八德「介壽路公敵」噪音車抓到了 環、警查緝裁罰 [Taoyuan Bade's 'Jieshou Road public enemy' noise car caught; environmental and police enforcement and penalty]. Liberty Times Net, 29 April 2025.
靜桃專案小組立即於相關地點位佈設AI聲音照相設備
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News report Independent author
本案在接獲陳情後24小時內即查到違規的民眾
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News report Independent author
Taoyuan E-News 桃園電子報, via yam News 蕃新聞 (2025). 八德BMW猴深夜炸街擾民 桃園環警24小時內火速逮人 [Bade BMW hooligan blasts the street at night; Taoyuan environmental and police nab him within 24 hours]. yam News, 29 April 2025.
有民眾發文抱怨1台白色BMW噪音車常於八德區介壽路呼嘯而過
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News report Independent author
Tseng Ping (曾平) / 觀傳媒, via yam News 蕃新聞 (2025). 深夜「屁砲聲」擾民 桃園環保局及警方追查車主到案裁罰 [Late-night exhaust bangs disturb residents; Taoyuan EPB and police track down the owner for penalty]. yam News, 29 April 2025.
桃園市大量布設「改良式移動聲音照相」於主要道路與住宅區
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News report Independent author
工商時報 CTEE (2026). 噪音車有感下降！靜桃專案陳情減38％ 再引入AI科技聲紋系統. 工商時報, 8 January 2026.