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The main goal of this study is to build a practical fall detection framework that can effectively classify the various behavior types into \u201cFall\u201d and \u201cActivities of daily living (ADL)\u201d while securing privacy preservation and user convenience. For this purpose, signal data containing the motion information of objects was collected using a non-contact, unobtrusive, and non-restraint impulse-radio ultra wideband (IR-UWB) radar. These data were then applied to a convolutional neural network (CNN) algorithm to create an object behavior type classifier that can classify the behavior types of objects into \u201cFall\u201d and \u201cADL.\u201d The data were collected by actually performing various activities of daily living, including falling. The performance of the classifier yielded satisfactory results. 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