Automated low power mode based upon aspects associated with vehicle

1. A method for playing media content with a media playback device in a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle head unit separate from the media playback device, the method comprising:

obtaining vehicle movement data indicative of movement of the vehicle;

obtaining sound data indicative of sound in the vehicle;

filtering the sound data to exclude portions of the sound in the vehicle associated with the media content played by the media playback device; and

upon determining that the vehicle movement data and the filtered sound data are at a given level, switching the media playback device to a sleep mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising comparing the vehicle movement data to a movement threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising comparing the filtered sound data to a sound threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining the sound data by combining sound levels from a plurality of sound sources.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of sound sources includes a vehicle engine and occupant voices.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining the sound data using a microphone.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the microphone is arranged in the media playback device.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining the vehicle movement data using an accelerometer.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

pausing the playing of the media content item with the media playback device in the vehicle when the media playback device is switched to the low power consumption mode;

storing an elapsed playback time of the media content item prior to the pausing;

receiving a user command to play the media content item using the media playback device; and

resuming the playing of the media content with the media playback device from the elapsed playback time.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, upon determining that the vehicle is moving, operating the media playback device in a normal power consumption mode.

11. A system for playing media content with a media playback device in a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle head unit separate from the media playback device, the system comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory encoding instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

obtain vehicle movement data indicative of movement of the vehicle;

obtain sound data indicative of sound in the vehicle;

filter the sound data to exclude portions of the sound in the vehicle associated with the media content played by the media playback device;

determine that the vehicle movement data and the filtered sound data are at a given level; and

switch the media playback device to a sleep mode.

12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising an accelerometer configured to obtain the vehicle movement data.

13. The system of claim 11 , further comprising a microphone configured to obtain the sound data.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein the memory encodes further instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:

obtain the sound data by combining sound levels from a plurality of sound sources.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of sound sources includes a vehicle engine and occupant voices.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein one or more of the vehicle movement data and the sound data are obtained using the media playback device.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the given level for the vehicle movement data is no movement for a period of time.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the given level for the filtered sound data is a threshold indicating the vehicle is unoccupied for a period of time.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein switching the media playback device to the sleep mode further comprises pausing playback of the media content played by the media playback device.

20. A method for playing media content with a media playback device in a vehicle, the vehicle having a vehicle head unit separate from the media playback device, the method comprising:

obtaining vehicle movement data indicative of movement of the vehicle;

obtaining sound data indicative of sound in the vehicle;

filtering the sound data to exclude portions of the sound in the vehicle associated with the media content played by the media playback device;

determining whether the vehicle is occupied based on the filtered sound data; and

upon determining that the vehicle movement data is at a given level and that the vehicle is not occupied, switching the media playback device to a sleep mode.